Another
lovely day!
A
committee meeting over breakfast and the plan for the day is to walk
into the old part of the town that we hadn't covered yesterday.
An
even shorter walk, past the Ghaut car park – used to be the site
of Cockpit Yard past the bridge we crossed yesterday. Mooching
along the tiny lanes, full of different shops, museums, cafés –
even an impromptu open market – more like a flea market than food.
Coffee
time – I can't get used to the fact that dogs are welcome
everywhere and we found a café and enjoyed coffee and a slice of
cake. Rose enjoyed the attention too.
Today
is an easy, relaxing day and the boys want to watch F1 so back home
for lunch and then we girls walk back into town armed with a map of
local restaurants – “the restaurant recce”. An interesting
tour – bearings now well and truly acquired, we cover most of the
town, old and new. Believe me when I tell you it's a great workout –
there are some very steep gradients. We couldn't locate one of the
restaurants on our map and suffice it to say we finished up at the
very top of the town – it was worth the climb for the stunning view
of the sea, not to mention St. Mary's Church and the Abbey too on top
of the hill and finally discovering the whalebone arch.
All
was not lost - I mentioned earlier that we had done our research
which also applied to restaurants too. Probably the most famous of
Whitby's is The Magpie Café, sadly closed at present due to a
major fire recently. Coincidentally on The Bernie Keith Show, BBC
Radio Northampton there had been much discussion concerning
Whitby and fish and chips. A listener called in and mentioned
“Sarah's” and how good it was. Consequently “Sarah's”
was on our list.
A
stroke of luck. We found “Sarah's” - Mister Chips Whitby
– on our way home – the name was a smidge confusing but never
mind! We booked a table for tomorrow evening. At first glance it
looks clean, bright, and modern – food definitely looked inviting.
Right
about now is the time we're glad we decided to eat in this evening
from our own battleship supplies.
Shirl
has a gizmo that counts steps – you may not be surprised to know
that we notched up 16,000+ on Sunday – not too shabby.
I
don't feel at all guilty about the cake!
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